Cigarette holder



April 7, 1925.

D. COLLINS CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Feb. 2, 1924 Vl'atented Apr. 7, 1925UNITED STATES iszia'zaa PATENT OFFICE.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

To all 107mm t may Gomera:

Be it known that I, DoUGLAs CoLLINs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Salisbury, in the county of Rowan and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigarette Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in cigarette holders ofthat type embodying a combined cigarette i'etainer and an ejector forthe butt end of the consumed cigarette. While I have illustrated thedevice in the drawings, and shall hereinafter refer to it in thespecification and claims as a cigarette holder, it Vwill be understoodthat my invention contemplates other uses, as for instance it mayreadily be adapted for a cigar holder. i

The primary object of my invention is the provision of an articleofmanufacture of this character in which the duct in the holder may bekept clear at all times for R0 In the aecompanying drawings I haveillustrated' one complete example of the physical embodiment of myinvention conforming,` to the standard type of cigarette holders, inwhich the ,parts are combined and arrangedrin accordance with the bestmode I have thus far devised for the Vpractical application of theprinciples of my inveution. Changes and alterat'ions may bc made in theexemplified structure, within 40 the smpe of my claims, without(lepai'ting;`

from the spirit of-my invention.

Figure 1 is an exterior view of the tubular holder containing acigarette which is shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal seotional view of the holder with a cigaretteretained therein.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the holder showing theposition of the ejector when not retaining a cigarette.

Fieufe 4 S a transvre sctinal view af' cigarett'e holder conforming tothe usual Application fiied February 2, 1824. serial No; 680,286.

line 4 4,of Figure 1, said view being on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention I utilize a type of such articles, which isindicated as a whole by' the numeral 1, and ywhich may be composed ofacceptable material as amber or other well known materials for thispurpose. The holder is provided with the usual socket head 2 for thereception of one end of the cigarette C, and the usual smoke pas- Sageor duet 3 ext'ends throughout the length of the holder.

The mouth piece t'and head 5 thereon are of thecustomary shape and sizefor' convenience of the smoker. i

The combined retaining and ejecting device is fashioned of a singlepiece of resilient metal or spring wire possessing the requiredrigidity, and is slidable longitudinally of the holder for ejecting thecigarette butt. i v

'At one end of this combined retainer and ejector is fashioned a hookshaped head 6 over which the cigarette end is to be forced as it isinserted in the socket-head of the holder, and the lpressure appliedcauses the this manner the cigarette end is forced against the walls ofthe socket head for the pnrpose of causing such frictional engagementtherewith that the cigarette is retained in.. the head of the holder.

At a suitable intermediate point the slidable retainer-ejector, which isof lresilient material, is fashioned with an offset' portion 7 designedfor frictional engag'ement .with the interior walls of the smoke duet Itwill be apparent that th'e utility of this offset portion lies in itsengag'ement with the interior face of the tubularholder to maintain theslideable device; in normal position, and yet permit sliding movement ofthe device when the required force is applied as for ejecting purposes.

The body of the ejector extends longitudinally through the tubularhold'er back from the socket head, and at its inner end the.

' ejector is fashioned with a bend 8 which merges into a short arm 9formed approximately parallel with the body of the ejector from which itis spaced slightly apart.

The short arm of the ejector is fiXed in suitable manner to -a slidesleeve 10 reciprocabl'e on the exterior of the holder.

If desired and to accommodate the bend 8 of the arm and ejector, themonth piece of the holder may be notched or cut ont as at 11, said notchbeing located at eneside of the end of the month piece and merging withthe dnct 3 of the holder.

The depth of the notch 11 may he determined .by the .thickness of theejeetor and the exterior shape of the tnbnlar holder, ,and -in somevinstances the holder on an exterior face .of the month piece, may begrooved to receive the arm of the ejector.

vThe slide sleeve 10 which encases the holder conforms to its exteriorshape. In the illustrated form of the invention herein 4the ,tnbnlarholder is shown as rectangnlar in cross section with a cylindrical boreor dnet, and the sleeve therefore has fonr flattened sides by means ofwhich the sleeve is prevented from tnrning on the hole er and is alsognided to move :in alineinent with the longitudi'nal here of the holderwhen the ejector is reciprocated.V

Suflicient vfrictienal engagement between the sleeve and holder ispresent to hold the sleeve in vstable relationship andin Vnormalposition.

At the notch 11 the month piece of the holder is provided with ashonlder 12 to obstruct the bend 8 and prevent excessive movement of theretainer--eiector toward the :front of the holder, but the sleeve isfree to he moved toward the month piece without obstrnetion other thanthe frictional engagement of the sleeve and holder and the offsetportion 7 of the ejeetor with the interior ofv the tubnlar holder. Thusthe ejector and sleeve may be entirely detached from the holder' ifnecessary for the pnrpose of cleansing' both the ejeetor and thevholder.

The slide sleeve 10 and the arm 9 may he made of polishedmetal, andornamentcd as desired to insure a nea-t and attractive appearance.

As seen in Fignre 3 the body of the ector is of angnlar shape and out ofal'inement with the longitudinal boi'e or duet of the tuhnlar holder. Asthe cigai'ette end is slipped over the head of the ejeetor and thecigarette is inserted and located in the sockethead of the` holder theheaded end of the ejector is placed undei` tension for the purpose ofretaining`l the cigarette as descrihed.

lvhen properly retained in the socket head, the eigarette or the holdermay he tapped for the pnrpose of dislodging ashes from the bnr'nt end ofthe cigarette without likelihood of the letter being clisplaced from itsSocket head, for it will he apparent that the co-. action of theejector-head, which is nndcr tension, and the walls of the socket-headwill rigidly hold the eigarette end in the socket head of the holder.

To eject .a cigarette bntt it is ohvions that the finger and thnmb whichgrasp the slide sleeve may push the sleeve toward the month piece thnsbodily moving the ejector longitndinally of the tnbnlar holder. As theeigarette is prevented from movement, the ejector head is withdrawntherefrom. Then with a .quick forward move-ment of the slide sleevetoward the socket-head, the freed ejector head, which at this time iso-nt of alineinent with the longiztndinal center of the tnbnlar holder,cent-acts with the .cigarette hutt to force the same from ,the holder.

VVhiie I have exemplitied the invention herein with a rectangnlar slidesleeve to conform to the exterior of the tubnlar holder, it will beapparent that if a round, triangular, .or .other Shape in cross sectionis adopted for the holder the slide sleeve will i eonform thereto, andit will 4also be obvious that the material of which the ejeetor is mademay he shaped to difi'erent forms in cross section. These and othersimilar changes I contemplate in thephysical em-' bodiment of myinvention and may be made without departing from the scope of myappended elaims.

Having thns fnlly described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination with a tnbnl-arholder having'a socket head, of a lon-gitndinally slidahle ejectorhaving a retaining-head adapted to project into the end of a cig-"arette and co-act with the socket head for retaining` the eigarette.

. 2. The combination with a tnhnlar holder having;` a socket-head, of alongitndinally slidable ejector having' an exterior integral arm,actu'ating means on said arm, and a head onsaid eiector to project intoan end of a cigarette and co-act with the socket head for retaining thecig'arette.

3. The combination with 'a tnhnlar cie;- arctte holder having' asocket-head, of a longitudinally slidahle ejector adapted to projectinto a cipjarette end and havingv a poi'tion for frictional contact with'an interior wall of the holder.

4. The combination with a tnbnlar cigarette holder having a notch and asockethead at opposite ends, of a slidable eiectcr'/ having` africtional portion engaging an interior wall of the holder, a rigid armon the ejector having a bend in said notch, and a head on said ejectoradapted to project into av cigarette end and eo-'act with the Socketheadto retain the eigarette.

5., The combination with a cigarette' hOlder having a notch and asocket-head at llO opposite ends, of a slidable ejeotor having a portionfor fretional engagement with the interior of the holder, a rigid arm onthe ejector and a connecting bend located in said notch, a slide sleeveexterior of the holder and seeured to said arm, and a head on theejector adapted to project into a cigarette and co-act With thesocket-head for l'etaining the cigarette end in the socket head.

6. The combination With a tubular elgarette holdei` of a slidable,resilient ejector adapted to fl'ictionally engage the interio'r Wall ofthe holder, and tension actuated means 011 the end of the ejectoradapted to project into a eigarette end and co-act With the tubularholder for retanng the cigarette in` the holder.

In testiniony Whel'eof I afix my signature.

DOUGLAS COLLINS.

